Connor Higgs

During our Students’ Union Elections Media Day on Saturday 24th February, we chatted to the candidate who is running to be elected as your Women’s Officer for the 2018-19 academic year. Take a look at what they had to say. Ruby Harrison Ruby is the current Women’s Officer and...

On the one hand, Theresa May should be congratulated. Admitting that tripling the tuition fee cap to £9,000 in 2012 was a mistake is admirable. Expecting an increase in fees to create competition, rather than all universities just charging as much as possible without any change in where best...

The University of Nottingham Students’ Union (UoNSU) have voted to support the industrial action being taken by the Univesity College Union (UCU) ahead of their proposed 14-day strike over changes to their pension scheme. In a statement released today, the Students’ Union Officers confirmed that the vote, taken by...

The University of Nottingham (UoN) sit third in the British and Universities Sport (BUCS) league over the winter break with a total score of 2611.5, less than 100 points behind Durham in second place. Loughborough and Durham, last season’s top two, currently occupy the top two positions, despite a...

Nottingham will not be allowed to host the European Capital of Culture in 2023 after the European Commission announced that UK access would be “discontinued” after Brexit. In a letter to the UK Government, Martine Reicherts, the European Union (EU) Director-General for Education and Culture, said that “following its...

Considering the sheer number of students who live in Lenton, it’s unsurprising that there are so many pubs between University Park and Nottingham city centre. On 31st October, Impact decided to find out which pub was best. Deciding which pub is ‘best’ is often arbitrary, but there is one...

Having the opportunity to interview your favourite author is what I believe student media is all about. A couple of weeks ago, that came to fruition, as I spoke to Robert Harris, about his new book, Munich, historical fiction, student media and Nottingham. Firstly, your new book, Munich, was...